Showing posts with label Chilliwack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chilliwack. Show all posts

Monday, November 20, 2017

"Just One More Time" by Headpins

The Headpins were a Canadian hard rock band that started as a side project for a couple members of the yacht rock band Chilliwack. Fronted by the powerhouse vocals of Darby Mills, the Headpins were pioneering and proved that ladies could rock with the best of them.

In the US, the Headpins only scored a single charting hit. Despite being one of the band's most radio-friendly songs, "Just One More Time" only rose to #70 in 1983. Someone should remake this tune and see if it can't chart "just one more time!"

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

"Fly At Night" by Chilliwack

Chilliwack is a Canadian band (named after the city in British Columbia) best known for a handful of modest hits in the early 80s. Their most successful track in the states was "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)", which hit #22 in 1981. This was followed up by their second best, "I Believe", which got to #33 in 1982.

While the band didn't score any other top 40 hits in the US, their mix of pop and rock fared well in their native country. The epic ode to touring as a band, "Fly At Night", soared into the top 10 on the Canadian charts, but only reached #75 in the US in 1977. The song reminds me a bit of the Eagles, so I'm puzzled why it didn't do better in the US.